Beauty Bar, 4 x 5 Tri-X, zone system, 30 minutes long exposure in a rain!!!
I shot this photo in 1998? I can’t remember. Back then, the bar still had its’ original sign as a beauty salon, and lots of hair products here there and everywhere all around the bar. The owner lady used to drop by on her vintage bicycle. Patrons were “21 and over” in a true meaning, yes, some young kids, some hard core East Village people, some very seasoned drinkers, in all races. I used to live few doors away from the bar, so that it was very convenient to get wasted and stumbled to home. Yes, I did that so many times.
It is still nice place to hang out, however, the crowd is no longer as diverse as it used to be. I would drop by once in a while, to be the strange old guy at the bar, once I was pretty excited to talked to.
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